This is what good wine from the Karasakiz grape tastes like

Karasakiz is an indigenous Turkish grape that makes light red wines: not too heavy, often with ripe small red fruit such as strawberries and plums, and not too much tannin. The Karasakiz wines we have tasted sat on the spectrum between Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo. Interesting red wines for true wine lovers.

Check out our wines made from Karasakiz grapes

It is not entirely clear where in Turkey Karasakiz originated. Possibly on the small island of Bozcaada, which incidentally produces more good wines. It may also have been in the Turkish interior, much further east.

Karasakiz became popular mainly as an ingredient of Turkish raki, the local aniseed-flavoured spirit. Raki production has since been scaled back considerably, and Karasakiz is often replaced by well-known varieties such as Cabernet or Syrah. As far as we're concerned that's quite unnecessary, because Karasakiz makes very distinctive, interesting wines.

We currently have two wines made from the Karasakiz grape in our range. You can view our Karasakiz wines here.